Read about the man who has been an integral part of the organizations that found, signed and developed some of the top talent in the game: Andre Dawson, Larry Parish, Steve Rogers, Dave Henderson, Ralph Garr, and others.

Who else but Mel Didier, in search of talent, would sneak into and out of Cuba at the height of the Cold War?

A superb account of Didier’s rise to prominence in baseball, which began as a part-time scout. Didier was a key figure in the building of a World Series winner at Arizona, a signal achievement for an expansion team.